The line's streetcars were manufactured by a Czech
company, Inekon Trams A.S. The model is called the Trio-12.
Similar units, but of a less-advanced design, were earlier put into service
in Portland and then in Tacoma.
In this scene, one day before public service began, a test
run had just turned off the short stretch of private right of way, crossing
Valley St. to head onto
Westlake Ave. N. There is a tremendous amount of road traffic in this
area much of the time, and prioritized signals at key intersections make things much easier than
they would be otherwise for the Streetcar. |
